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C. HENDRICK.

HAND LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. II

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

5 lwemfor- THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, n c.

CHARLES HENDRICK, OF YORK, N.

HAN oom.

"Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Au 19, 1919.

Application fi1ed-Deoember.-11,.1918. Serial No. 266,274. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs HENDRICK,

. a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough ofManhattan, in the'city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 7 Improvement in Hand- Looms, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a hand loom adapted for elevated support,

. in which the beater may have a wide range of movement to obviate artoo frequent winding up of the cloth and consequent delay in which there is no tendency of the beater:

to stick or bind; and in which the movement of the beater is accomplished with 'a minimum of effort. A further object is t'o, provide means whereby the beater reed and the heddle may both be readily removed and replaced.

A further object is to provide a novel means for reciprocating the heddle with the minimum of effort. A further object is to provide certain improvements in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts whereby the loom is materially simplified.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the loom in top plan.

Fig. 2 represents the loom in side elevation and Fig. 3 represents the loom in longitudinal vertical section taken in the plane of the line III-III of Fig. 1. a

The loom frame comprises the sides 1 and 2 suitably connected and braced by the cross bars 3 and 4. The warp beam is denoted by 5, the cloth beam by 6 and the breast beam by 7. The beam above the warp beam is denoted by 8. r

The heddle 10 reciprocates in vertical guides formed by a pair of grooves 9 in the sides 1 and 2 of the loom frame. A pair of arms 11 are pivoted at 12 to the sides of the loom frame at the back of the loom and their forward free ends project beneath the heddle 10.

A pair of hooks 13 on the bottom of the heddle are engaged by the free ends of the arms as the arms are depressed.

' A handle shaft 14 is pivoted to rock in the sides of the loom frame, the handle 15 for rocking the said shaft being located exterior tothe loom frame in position for ready manipulationby theoperator. I This shaft is provided with a pair of pins16, the free ends of which are arranged to travel along the arms 11 to depress the arms and thereby the heddletov form the lower shed as the handle shaft is rocked in one direction. The pair of springs 17 'extending'between the arms and the sides of'the loom frame serve to ,raisethe arms andathe heddle to'form the upper shed as the handle shaft ,is rocked in the opposite direction. I

The handle shaft serves asja stop to limit the upward movement of the, arms. The

vtops'vof the grooves 9 are open so that the heddle may be easily removed by simply "turning the l1ooks,,-l 3 :sufliciently. to :move Jthern out of the path of the free ends of the arms 11.'

The eyes 18 on the arms, to which the lower ends of the springs 17 are secured serve also as a stop for the pins 16 to limit the rocking movement of the handle shaft, with the arms and heddle depressed to form the lower shed.

Proceeding to describe the beater; the beater frame 19 is pivoted at 20 to the sides of the loom frame. Springs 21 extending from the beater frame to the sides of the loom frame serve to hold the beater frame at the limit of its rearward movement against the stop pins 22 projecting inwardly of the sides of the loom frame. The reed frame 23 is pivoted to the upper end of the beater frame. In the present instance the reed frame is suspended from the bar 24. This reed frame may be readily removed by removing the bar 24 which bar is provided with a nut 25 for this purpose.

The warp beam 5 may be provided at one end with a suitable handle 26 and at its other end with a suitable clamping nut 27. Similarly the cloth beam 6 may be provided at one end with a suitable handle 28, and at its other end with a clamping nut 29.

The loom is adapted for elevated support as for instance, the top of a table or other suitable support, so that the operator may conveniently operate the loom.

From the above description, it will be seen that a very simple mechanism is provided for raising and depressing the heddle, said mechanism being so arranged that a minimum amount of friction is required to operate the heddle. It will also be seen that by the double pivoting of the beater an eXtended range of movement is provided for the beater reed, thus permitting the operator to weave a considerable length of cloth before being requlred to Wind the same up on the cloth beam. By hinging the beater frame and suspending the reed frame from the beater frame, the beater may be manipulated with the minimum amount of friction and with all tendency of the parts to stick and bind, eliminated. It will also be seen that the operator does not have to swing the beater backwardly, as this is accomplished by the spring means 21.

It is evident that various changes may be made in the construction, form ,and arrangements of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the particular embodiment herein shown, but

What I claim is:

1. A hand loom adapted for elevated support, comprising a loom frame, a heddle movable vertically therein, a beater frame pivoted at its lower end in the loom frame, and a beater reed pivoted at its upper end in the upper end of the beater frame.

2. A hand loom adapted for elevated. support, comprising a loom frame, a heddle movable vertically therein, a heater frame pivoted at its lower end in the loom frame, and a removable beater reed pivoted at us upper end in the upper end of the beater frame.

3. A hand loom adapted for elevated support, comprisin a loom frame, a heddle movable vertica'ly therein, a beater frame pivoted at its lower end in the loom frame, a removable beater reed pivoted at its upper end in the upper end of the beater frame, and spring means for holding the beater frame at the limit of its backward movement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, '1 have signed my name this 6th day of December 1918.

CHARLES HENDRICK.

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